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单词 bear
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bearverb

uk/beər/us/ber/bore, borne or US also born

bear verb (ACCEPT)

B2 [ T ] to accept, tolerate, or endure something, especially something unpleasant:

The strain must have been enormous but she bore it well.
Tell me now! I can't bear the suspense!
It's your decision - you have to bear the responsibility if things go wrong.
[ + to infinitive ] He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain.
[ + -ing verb ] I can't bear being bored.
not bear thinking about

to be too unpleasant or frightening to think about:

"What if she'd been driving faster?" "It doesn't bear thinking about."

More examples

  • I can't bear this stifling humidity.
  • I can't bear it when someone starts ramming their views down your throat.
  • "I can't bear to see good victuals wasted," said Martha.
  • My mother couldn't bear waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates.
  • I put my hands over my eyes because I couldn't bear to watch.

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Tolerating and enduring

  • bear with sb
  • bearable
  • bide
  • come to terms with sth idiom
  • endurance
  • philosophically
  • resign yourself to sth
  • ride
  • ride sth out
  • rough
  • sit
  • sit sth out
  • stand for sth
  • stew
  • stew (in your own juice) idiom
  • stick
  • stick it out
  • stick with it idiom
  • stick with sth/sb
  • sweat it out idiom

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Serious and unpleasant

bear verb (HAVE)

C1 [ T ] to have or continue to have something:

Their baby bears a strong resemblance to its grandfather.
The stone plaque bearing his name was smashed to pieces.
On display were boxing gloves that bore Rocky Marciano's signature.
[ + two objects ] I don't bear them any ill feeling (= I do not continue to be angry with or dislike them).
Thank you for your advice - I'll bear it in mind (= I will remember and consider it).

More examples

  • The numerous awards on the walls bear witness to his great success.
  • I bear him no malice.
  • She bears a faint resemblance to my sister.
  • This explosion bears all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
  • The book bears several striking similarities to last year's bestseller.

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Having and owning - general words

  • -owned
  • attach to sb/sth
  • be endowed with sth idiom
  • bearer
  • belong
  • belong to sb
  • call
  • carry
  • claim
  • endow
  • hold
  • interest
  • mistress
  • not/never want for anything idiom
  • owner
  • ownership
  • proprietress
  • revert to sb
  • stake somewhere/sth out
  • want

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bear verb (SUPPORT)

[ T ] to hold or support something:

The chair, too fragile to bear her weight, collapsed.

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Physical supports and supporting

  • backbone
  • bearing
  • bolster
  • bookend
  • buoy
  • burden
  • buttress
  • cantilever
  • groan
  • pile
  • pillar
  • prop
  • rafter
  • runner
  • scaffold
  • scaffolding
  • shore sth up
  • stem
  • stilt
  • underpin

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bear verb (PRODUCE)

C2 [ T ] formal to give birth to young, or (of a tree or plant) to give or produce fruit or flowers:

She had borne six children by the time she was 30.
[ + two objects ] When his wife bore him a child he could not hide his delight.
Most animals bear their young in the spring.
The pear tree they planted has never borne fruit.

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Plant reproduction

  • anther
  • asexual reproduction
  • barren
  • cross-pollination
  • endosperm
  • fruit
  • germinate
  • micropyle
  • pollen
  • pollinate
  • propagate
  • self-pollination
  • sporangium
  • spore
  • stamen
  • stigma
  • wind pollination

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Obstetrics: birth

bear verb (BRING)

[ T ] formal to carry and move something to a place:

At Christmas the family all arrive at the house bearing gifts.
Countless waiters bore trays of drinks into the room.
The sound of the ice cream van was borne into the office on the wind.

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Transferring and transporting objects

  • bearer
  • borne
  • bring
  • budge
  • bus
  • call for sb
  • drop
  • ferry
  • freight
  • pick sb/sth up
  • put sb down somewhere
  • road haulage
  • route
  • spirit
  • tear 1
  • tear sb away
  • tote
  • transfer
  • transport
  • transportation

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bear verb (CHANGE DIRECTION)

C1 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to change direction slightly so that you are going in a particular direction:

The path followed the coastline for several miles, then bore inland.
After you go past the church keep bearing left/right.

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Changing direction

  • about-turn
  • branch off
  • branch off sth
  • decoy
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • diversion
  • divert
  • glance
  • glance off (sth)
  • head
  • head sb/sth off
  • oscillate
  • peaked
  • reverse
  • turn
  • turn off (sth)
  • U-turn
  • veer
  • yo-yo

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bear verb (SAY)

bear testimony/witness formal

to say you know from your own experience that something happened or is true:

She bore witness to his patience and diligence.

If something bears testimony to a fact, it proves that it is true:

The iron bridge bears testimony to the skills developed in that era.
bear false witness old use

to lie

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Announcing, informing & stating

  • acquaint sb/yourself with sth
  • advise
  • advisement
  • annunciation
  • come out
  • commit
  • confront
  • declare
  • fyi
  • give sb a heads up idiom
  • hand
  • head
  • let sb know idiom
  • official
  • pronouncement
  • put
  • put sth out 1
  • spread the word idiom
  • tell
  • unannounced

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Proving and disproving
Lies, lying & hypocrisy

Idiom(s)

bear fruit
bear the scars

Phrasal verb(s)

bear down
bear down on sb/sth
bear in on/upon
bear on sth
bear sb/sth out
bear up
bear with sb

bearnoun [ C ]

uk/beər/us/ber/

bear noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)

A2 a large, strong wild mammal with a thick fur coat that lives especially in colder parts of Europe, Asia, and North America:

a brown/black bear
a bear cub (= young bear)
See also
grizzly bear
polar bear
teddy

More examples

  • We sell all shapes and sizes of teddy bear.
  • Emily hugged her teddy bear tightly to her chest.
  • He had a scruffy old teddy bear which went by the name of Augustus.
  • Polar bears live in the Arctic.
  • The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.

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Wild mammals

  • aardvark
  • anteater
  • armadillo
  • bandicoot
  • big beast
  • fruit bat
  • giant panda
  • giraffe
  • grizzly bear
  • hedgehog
  • pachyderm
  • panda
  • platypus
  • polar bear
  • polecat
  • stoat
  • tapir
  • tusker
  • vampire bat
  • wallaby

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bear noun [ C ] (MAN)

slang an older gay man who is large and has a lot of hair on his body

bear noun [ C ] (FINANCE)

specialized finance & economics a person who sells shares when prices are expected to fall, in order to make a profit by buying them back again at a lower price

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bull

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Stock markets

  • arbitrage
  • bourse
  • buy-in
  • cash
  • cash out sth
  • dead cat bounce
  • dividend
  • Dow Jones
  • haircut
  • intangible asset
  • investment
  • mature
  • maturity
  • negotiable
  • portfolio
  • rogue trader
  • speculation
  • stockbroker
  • stockholder
  • trading

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Idiom(s)

be like a bear with a sore head
does a bear/do bears shit in the woods?

bearnoun [ C ]

us/beər/

bear noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)

a large, strong mammal with thick fur that lives esp. in colder parts of the world:

a black/grizzly/polar bear

bearverb

us/beər/past tense bore /bɔr, boʊr/, past participle borne /bɔrn, boʊrn/

bear verb (CARRY)

[ T ] to carry or bring something:

Fans bearing banners ringed the stadium.

bear verb (SUPPORT)

[ T ] to hold or support something:

The bridge has to be strengthened to bear heavier loads.

bear verb (ACCEPT)

to accept something painful or unpleasant with determination and strength:

[ T ] Since you will bear most of the responsibility, you should get the rewards.
[ + to infinitive ] He could not bear to see her suffering.

bear verb (HAVE)

[ T ] to have as a quality or characteristic:

My life bore little resemblance to what I’d hoped for.

bear verb (PRODUCE)

[ T ] past participle born /bɔrn, boʊrn/(of mammals) to give birth to young, or of a tree or plant to give or produce fruit or flowers:

She bore three children in five years.
Note:
  • When talking about mammals, use the past participle spelling "born" to talk about a person or animal’s birth, and the spelling "borne" to talk about a mother giving birth to a child: She had borne four boys.

bear verb (TRAVEL)

[ I always + adv/prep ] to travel or move in the stated direction:

After you pass the light, bear left until you come to a bank.

Idiom(s)

bear fruit

Phrasal verb(s)

bear down
bear down on someone/something
bear out something/someone
bear up
bear with someone/something
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